"A splendid edition: it incorporates the most recent modern scholarship ... and it does so within a compass and format that is both readable and usable." - Around the Globe

Macbeth is one of Shakespeare's most performed and studied tragedies. This Arden Shakespeare Third Series edition offers students detailed on-page commentary notes highlighting meaning and theatrical ideas and themes, as well as an illustrated, lengthy introduction setting the play in its historical, theatrical and critical context and outlining the recent debates about Middleton's possible co-authorship of some scenes.

A comprehensive and informative edition ideal for students and teachers seeking to explore the play in depth, whether in the classroom or on the stage.

Author: William Shakespeare
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Arden Shakespeare
Published: 04/23/2015
Series: Arden Shakespeare Third
Pages: 408
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.00w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9781904271406
3rd Edition

About the Author

Sandra Clark is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of English Studies and Professor Emeritus of Renaissance Literature at Birkbeck, University of London.

Pamela Mason has worked with the drama classes at Wroxton Theatre Arts School, Cardiff, UK since 1986, and for much of that time was also a lecturer in English and Fellow of the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham, UK. She works extensively in Stratford, contributing to postgraduate courses, and she has initiated a postgraduate diploma in Shakespeare studies.